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Perioperative medicine for older patients: how do we deliver quality care?

Friday, March 4, 2016

Submitted by

Rakesh Arora

Source

Source Name: Future Hospital Journal

Source URL: http://futurehospital.rcpjournal.org/content/3/1/33.short

Author(s)

Philip Braude, Judith SL Partridge, David Shipway, Finbarr C Martin, Jugdeep K Dhesi,

Surgical intervention in older people is increasing in prevalance but is associated with higher rates of adverse postoperative outcomes as compared to younger people. Current models of preoperative risk assessment and optimisation may be indequate for this complex surgical population. In this article, the Authors discuss the challenges and potential solutions in the establishment of quality surgical care for older people.